Because the rumor mill had it that X-38 was going to have it and to wait and see, or did you happen to know it did not already before the official release ?

It was a possibility that it may get it since the AMD/ATI merger but it was a slim one. SLI is a major selling point for the nforce chipsets. Take a look at some reviews and compare intels P35 or 965 chips with the nforce ones. Intel has yet to fail to set the highest standard. Crossfire was something intel could get from ATI since ATI wasn't a major competitor anyway. Licensing SLI to intel would be like writing off the high end chipset market for Nvidia. Such an agreement would mark a major shift on the market regarding intels and nvidias position there.

uh im getting an Abit version anyways...after hearing the nightmares with the 680i chipset when it 1st came out.....yeea, not like it matters anyways im going to be using a 20' Widescreen...which buying high end VC SLI wont really help.

soo yea there still is a very good reason to buy something other then an Nvidia Chipset

Well enjoy it, but it is not that compelling feature wise without it, just a p35 revision. Hey, as long as you like it, I was hoping for intel SLI is all.

Besides two 8800 what video cards in SLI would you want that are so much better than a single 8800? I have three SLI systems. A single superior card is better than two inferior cards in SLI is my experience.

Im curious... now that AMD has merged with ATi... AMD/ATi is in direct competition with Intel... How the hell are Intel still supporting CrossFire on there chipsets, seems to me that AMD and Intel would work together a little on that front?

So you'll sell me your geforce 9800's then, oh wait, 8800 are the current best. How you gonna get a better card than 2 8800's right now ?

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Besides two 8800 what video cards in SLI would you want that are so much better than a single 8800? I have three SLI systems. A single superior card is better than two inferior cards in SLI is my experience.

Well NVIDIA doesn't make crossfire, and I'd rather go with a known quantity right now unless AMD can start releasing real drivers and stop mucking up their feature sets and the intentionally difficult product teirs

Is there legal issues with Intel producing Nvidia supported northbridges, such as SLI support in the x-38...? If so, why did Intel produce Crossfire compatible chips, a deal with ATI?

If there aren't any legal issues, why then did Intel produce ATI-only supported chips, and not Nvidia? Be terrible business for the video card fans, 50% whom are Nvidia boys.

Someone explain this to me please.

You're not "getting it", Intel started producing SLI-supported chipset with the 975X. NVidia locked them out at the graphics driver level. The graphics driver looks for an nVidia SLI chipset and if it doesn't find it, disables the SLI option.